Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-24

Kinesssn xkile The meeting vas Rsine
on. They were OTar0emep. bot tie
Chief OF Police drove them away and
ailowed no ous 10 Stand oa the block.
what be did probabiy prevent vas =
riof, for haS there been anv attack.
the men wbo met O'Brien af
the depot in the forenoon. and
VIE vere en- hand In hundreds.
Darching ~ and dcwa on the side
streets would havs done terrible sxec1-
tion- O'Bgien's hodv guard in Hamii-
ton was ~ organized reality. All vas
quiet up to this. bat the vsrst vas to
come.
Ax0THxR ATTACK
IVES made ueon O'Brisn. this time With
firearms. and AGAIN there vas Q migac1-
leus escape. This eseape, however. vas
accompanied bv q wouud ir the wrist Of
ore Of O'BFien's faithful companions.
OBFien vas sitting down after having
made . vigorous speech IN return for
vote Of thanks, and Dennis Kilhride
Vas engaged In like task Just then
AMEx WAS oBsEavKD
On the platferD lesniae over and
whis1eFinR somethirR IN O'BTien's ear.
Il vas noticed that O'BFisn shock his
bead as though IN dissent. The man
persisted half the audience now rose
to their feet, peeyinR ever each others
heads and anxioasly trying 20 catch
glimpse Of What was going on on the
platform. The Chairman tried to quell
the anxiety BY asking the audience TO
hear KilbFids. but the crowd Of . thou
ssnd people funed With angry feelings
thas have lasted since two successive
attacks on O'Bsien al Kingston and To-
rrnto, we're not easily quieted down.
They had noticed that the unsn had
whispered 70 OBrien aud they we're
evidently determined to see What 10
meant. The man again made q silent
aupeal. whatever Il vas. and again Mr..
OBrieB shock bis bead. Still one more
appeal was made and tbis time 0'BrieD
seemed 70 aeQuieece. The first sign Of
oouDotion was when Mr.. 0'Brien get
up and
LETT TEE PLATFORM.
This vas In response to . request sew
erai times made 70 him which be had
already refused. It Was the idea Of
some ON fiiious and meadlesome man. q
nlan which he had TO save O'Brien's
life Tho plan vas to leave the rink bv
q narrow alley, then reach MoNab
street and jump into q carriage In wait
inc and drive 20 the hotel. II vas the
drst time during the tour that be did
not 20 out the ordinary way, and the
plan well nigh cost him his life. In the
carriage. which was a covered one,
besides o. Brieu. were Msssrs. McMAhon
and Roche. Of the local branch Of the
National LeaQ7e. and Dennis kilbride.
On the drivers seat were John Nelson,
who held the Feins, and 7. OBrien
As they whipped up the horses and
faced for the hotel crowd suddenly
appeared. This crowd proved IN
friendly. for no sooner had OBrien aud
bis friends taken their places than they
set mp the usual hissi3g and
RroaninR which afterwards proved to be
the concerted signal to a group Of
ive men who IuFked around the market
building in Market Square. The men
Who hiss d aud Rroaued followed she
carriage and as il wheeled into the
Market Square there was q sudden
click. The horses pranced and fast
o. light suddenly overspread the
buildings where the men lurked. The
rains dropped ont Of John Nelson's hands
md with tbs exclamation, ''O1, nag
God, pm shot" be fell forward on the
seat. Crast crash! quick as lightning
and through the bright flashes OF d lame
sped bullets from two Teyoivera until
eight shots had been fired. OBrien
stretched forward to look out and as be
did so a bullet whistled By his face and
passed through the opposite window
without harminR anybody. II. Z.
OBrien, Nelson's companion. wAJ aad
been dazed, nov Rraspsd the reins and
lashed the horses through the square
int James street and down to the hotel,
At the corner Of James aud Marick.
He;e there was
HOSTILE CROWD,
Who again hooted as the party within
tried to open the door, but could not.
Mr.. Mcmahon jumped over the door
and drawing q revolver held the crowd
at bay while O'Brien and his friends
were making their exit from the car
Fiage in the same uncomfortable way.
As the party stepped in the corridor Of
the Hotel. volley OF rotten eggs was
hurled at them. bat no one was hit.
Chief McKinnon and his men nov
rushed up, bat all was over. Nielsen
was taken to the city hospital. DR.. JAS
White extracted tbs bullet. He says
the wound Is dangerous. IL is on the
left wrist. No arrests were made.
When Mr.. 0'Brien reached bis room
be vas
SMILING AND oHEERFUL,
And nobody to look at him would have
supposed that he bad just escaped from
the last Of q series of attempts to take
his life. As this dispatch is being
written there is a great deal OF excite
ment 10 the streets. Fire crackers and
powder are being exploded in all direo-
tione, and fire arms are being dis
charged. A kind Of preliminary csle-
bretion Of the Qaeen's Birthday.